Claret Incoming Rumours

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Fri Jun 16, 2017 6:52 pm

Spijed wrote:Four?

City, United, Chelsea - all teams prepared to pay £250k+ a week wages and a transfer fee of £100m.

Spurs, Arsenal, Liverpool - paying wages up to £150k a week and transfer fees up to £50m / £60m

Everton, West Ham, Southampton, Leicester, Stoke, Palace possibly couple of others - wages up to £100k and transfer fees up to £35m / £40m

Burnley, Huddersfield, (previously Hull, Norwich etc) - wages up to £50k and transfer fees of possibly up to £20m / £25m.

Total wage bills of clubs would reflect these splits - top clubs with wage bills of £250m plus with likes of Burnley £50m. Total turnover / income of clubs would have similar differences.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Mon Jun 19, 2017 10:18 pm

Conjecture rather than rumour.

http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2017/06/19/re ... nl/page/1/

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Mon Jun 19, 2017 10:20 pm

The James McCarthy one placed as poss incoming.
https://thisisfutbol.com/2017/06/blogs/ ... for-keane/

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Mon Jun 19, 2017 10:21 pm

Jonathan Walters....again.
http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2017/06/19/bu ... n-walters/

More Irish!

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Mon Jun 19, 2017 10:24 pm

Charlie Taylor of Leeds appears again....how many lefties are we going to have?
https://www.clubcall.com/burnley/claret ... 54500.html

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Mon Jun 19, 2017 10:27 pm

If we sign Taylor I would be chuffed to bits. He's a VERY good left back - better than Ward.

Braindead · Post by **Braindead** » Mon Jun 19, 2017 10:31 pm

Taylor, Mcarthy, Anita and Walters would represent great business. Yes please.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Mon Jun 19, 2017 10:46 pm

Just text my best pal who's a Leed fan - he's not impressed!

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:19 am

Of course he's not. He's a Leeds fan.

Oh, you meant about the possible interest in Taylor? Silly me.

jlup1980 · Post by **jlup1980** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:46 am

I notice there's an article on Sky Sports about Callum Chambers, saying he's fallen behind Rob Holding in the pecking order at Arsenal; plus he's up against Koscienly, Mustafi, Gabriel and Mertesecker. I thought Chambers played well against us last season and by all accounts he had a very solid season at centre half with Ben Gibson at Boro. Lets be honest, their defensive record was very good. Is he a player we should be looking at to replace Keane (if he leaves!)? He's young and English so his value will be high but I think he's got a bright future if he gets the right move.

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:57 am

So not a rumour then?

I think he will want a hell of a lot of money to leave arsenal, and also the fee would probably be too much IMO.
Could see him at a mid table side.

ExistentialWanderer · Post by **ExistentialWanderer** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:58 am

Just got a txt off Fotmob, basically rehashing a story in the Sun yesterday about James McCarthy and Michael Keane in a player plus cash swap. Don't hold much stock in either to be honest.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 11:57 pm

in the mirror
Sam Clucas is set to join the list of players to quit Hull this summer following their relegation. Leicester, Burnley and Swansea are locked in a three-way fight for the midfielder.
Newcastle and Burnley are battling it out to sign England Under-20 World Cup winner Sheyi Ojo on loan. Liverpool winger Ojo helped the Young Lions lift the nation's first world title since 1966 this month in South Korea.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 7:33 pm

Taylor looks certain.
Assombalonga on the cards.
Stewart Downing being touted but no substance as yet.
Gray swap for Shane Long mentioned.
Nahki Wells for £8m?

Looks like Gray is on the move, as he won't sign extension.

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 7:35 pm

IanMcL wrote:Taylor looks certain.
Assombalonga on the cards.
Stewart Downing being touted but no substance as yet.
Gray swap for Shane Long mentioned.
Nahki Wells for £8m?

Looks like Gray is on the move, as he won't sign extension.

Chris boden dismissed the nahki wells rumour in his article earlier

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 7:36 pm

Wells is dog sh1t,
Downing past it,
The rest is plausible.

If we pay 8m for Wells I will not be impressed.

claretdj · Post by **claretdj** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 7:41 pm

MACCA wrote:Wells is dog sh1t,
Downing past it,
The rest is plausible.

If we pay 8m for Wells I will not be impressed.

Not botherd about the fee, I just don't want wells full stop as he is worse than what we already got.

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 8:15 pm

claretdj wrote:Not botherd about the fee, I just don't want wells full stop as he is worse than what we already got.

Agree.
I think he's dogger!

Claretforever · Post by **Claretforever** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 8:47 pm

I keep seeing that Marc Roberts from Barnsley coming up, but now I've seen his details I'm a bit underwhelmed. He's only played League football for about 2 years (1 in League One) and he's 27 in July. That suggests he may have just had a decent season rather than be a class player.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 10:13 pm

MACCA wrote:Wells is dog sh1t,
Downing past it,
The rest is plausible.

If we pay 8m for Wells I will not be impressed.

Downing also allegedly on 70k a week, and at his age (32) has no sell on value, not one we should be looking at,Wells i am very meh about as well.

colne-claret · Post by **colne-claret** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 10:24 pm

Claretforever wrote:I keep seeing that Marc Roberts from Barnsley coming up, but now I've seen his details I'm a bit underwhelmed. He's only played League football for about 2 years (1 in League One) and he's 27 in July. That suggests he may have just had a decent season rather than be a class player.

To be fair, so had Jamie Vardy before he played in the premier league and he was a similar age. Both were Championship though.

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 11:49 pm

Good player is Nahki Wells, Id have him here in a flash. Pacey, direct and has been lethal infront of goal throughout his career. Last year at Huddersfield he played a wide role I believe.

starting_11 · Post by **starting_11** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 11:55 pm

KRBFC wrote:Good player is Nahki Wells, Id have him here in a flash. Pacey, direct and has been lethal infront of goal throughout his career. Last year at Huddersfield he played a wide role I believe.

And who of ours WASN'T when in the Championship?

Different ballgame now.

I'm sure if he was on our team, you'd be slagging him off to high heaven though.

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:10 am

I'll tell you now and I'll tell you firmly
Starting 11 can't find much on the Internet
I bet he hasn't had a search
He's in the lurch
So he went on Google
And bought a poodle
For a little canoodle
Cos he's in a bad humour
That there ain't no rumours
About Clarets
New players

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:33 am

starting_11 wrote:And who of ours WASN'T when in the Championship?

Different ballgame now.

I'm sure if he was on our team, you'd be slagging him off to high heaven though.

I don't think Vokes or Barnes have had pace at any point in their career, I'm not sure how changing divisions changes your physical attributes. Do players become faster once they gain promotion? You say I slag off the players but I was actually sticking up for Gray as usual Yesterday and on todays Boyd leaving thread I said its the wrong decision.

maidenover · Post by **maidenover** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 5:03 am

From the Daily Mirror, (per Sporting Life "Paper Talk"):

Burnley boss Sean Dyche wants Nottingham Forest forward Britt Assombalonga as Andre Gray's replacement.

Charlie Taylor has agreed to join Burnley from Leeds on a free transfer.

New Hull manager Leonid Slutsky is prepared to cash in on Andy Robertson to fund his post-relegation rebuilding work.

Claretmatt4 · Post by **Claretmatt4** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 6:54 am

Would have Assombalonga in a flash

box_of_frogs · Post by **box_of_frogs** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 7:30 am

I'm not sure why I bother reading this thread.

Firthy · Post by **Firthy** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 7:31 am

Claretmatt4 wrote:Would have Assombalonga in a flash

With Gray but not instead of.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 7:34 am

We appear to be undergoing a big rebuild. I hope when we let out the bath water, baby does not escape, too!

Steve-Harpers-perm · Post by **Steve-Harpers-perm** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:12 am

Firthy wrote:With Gray but not instead of.

Agreed. Could do with Gray signing a new deal.

Guich · Post by **Guich** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 9:16 am

I'd be very keen on a Gray swap with Shane Long. More pace and more control.

lucs86 · Post by **lucs86** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 11:30 am

Not totally convinced by Wells but relaxed about Gray leaving, we should be able to get decent money. We need a couple of forwards really, imagine Vokes, Barnes, Assombalonga and Niasse. I'd be very happy with that as an upgraded front line.

cockneyclaret · Post by **cockneyclaret** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 11:47 am

Pace and control that's all

claretdj · Post by **claretdj** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 11:56 am

Latest rumour is we have bid £3m for 33 year old Jon Walters. Did score a cracker against us last season, but getting on a bit now.

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:41 pm

Walters is a very good player and is very fit. I was talking to a Stoke mate last night, and he doesn't want him to leave.

Mala591 · Post by **Mala591** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:47 pm

Any news on our attempt to sign Charlie Adams?

randomclaret2 · Post by **randomclaret2** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:49 pm

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:06 pm

Edam!

Mala591 · Post by **Mala591** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:08 pm

Blacklaw

scamander · Post by **scamander** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:17 pm

I see the Walters one as more a squad signing, bringing in an experienced pro who has played the last 7 or so years at the top level. Not only that he's a player who can fill a few different positions if need be.

I see Dyche's transfer policy as one which incorporates more than obvious First XI players, now we have a bit more cash we can get some players in who will offer as much in terms of support and experience for our other players.

cockneyclaret · Post by **cockneyclaret** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 2:03 pm

If walters came in would one of Barnes or vokes be sold?

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 2:32 pm

I wanted us to go after Mahoney from Rovers, looks like he's off to Bournemouth

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 3:10 pm

cockneyclaret wrote:If walters came in would one of Barnes or vokes be sold?

Most likely to be Barnes i would think, seems strange to be splashing 3 million on a 33 year old who offers us what we already have

.

LaLigaClaret · Post by **LaLigaClaret** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 3:43 pm

If we bought Walters and sold either Barnes or Vokes then WE WOULD be relegated without doubt and it would be a seriously stupid move.

BennyD · Post by **BennyD** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 5:16 pm

LaLigaClaret wrote:If we bought Walters and sold either Barnes or Vokes then WE WOULD be relegated without doubt and it would be a seriously stupid move.

Thanks for sharing your experience of running a Prem team. I just hope SD reads this thread and acts upon it.

LaLigaClaret · Post by **LaLigaClaret** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 5:43 pm

Thanks BennyD for completely failing to explain why my post was not justified. So you think we should take on a 33 year old who can't regularly play for Stoke and who doesn't score much and instead replace either our top goal scorer from last season Vokes or replace Barnes who scared most defenders to death last season. Vokes and Barnes were vital to our survival last season and I can't for the life of me see what Walters would improve on either of them. So I suspect SD will read your post and throw himself under a bus.

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 6:00 pm

BennyD wrote:Thanks for sharing your experience of running a Prem team. I just hope SD reads this thread and acts upon it.

If only he'd have listened to me and not signed Sordell and Juke, he would've saved the club a few million quid.

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 6:02 pm

KRBFC wrote:If only he'd have listened to me and not signed Sordell and Juke, he would've saved the club a few million quid.

I don't think you can claim sole rights to that one.

BennyD · Post by **BennyD** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 7:58 pm

LaLigaClaret wrote:Thanks BennyD for completely failing to explain why my post was not justified. So you think we should take on a 33 year old who can't regularly play for Stoke and who doesn't score much and instead replace either our top goal scorer from last season Vokes or replace Barnes who scared most defenders to death last season. Vokes and Barnes were vital to our survival last season and I can't for the life of me see what Walters would improve on either of them. So I suspect SD will read your post and throw himself under a bus.

I don't have to explain why I didn't justify your post. If Walters is good enough for SD then he is good enough for me despite what you say. When you have SDs management record, THEN I'll listen to you. Until then, as far as I'm concerned, your opinion is worth two tenths of the square-root of f*ck all.